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THREE-DAY, FOUR-TEAM EVENT TIPS THURSDAY AND CONCLUDES SATURDAY
The BYU Cougars (7-4) of the Mountain West Conference will participate in the BYU Holiday Classic this week at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, along with the Liberty Flames (6-4) of the Big South Conference, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (5-6) of the Mid-Continent Conference and the Seton Hall Pirates (7-2) of the Big East Conference. The three-day tournament features daily double-header games Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 5 and 7:30 p.m. MT. Seton Hall and Oral Roberts open the Classic Thursday at 5 p.m. with BYU and Liberty following at 7:30 p.m. in the nightcap. Friday’s games match up Liberty and Seton Hall at 5 p.m. and BYU and Oral Roberts at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday’s contests pitting Oral Roberts and Liberty at 5 p.m. and BYU and Seton Hall in the finale at 7:30 p.m. The games are not being televised. The radio broadcast of BYU games can be heard on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City or via the Internet at ksl.com.

I got so excited when I saw that BYU was hosting a tournament with such teams like Liberty, Seton Hall and Oral Roberts. All names that people should have heard if they’ve ever participated in march madness tournament picking. Three straight days of BYU basketball should be pretty exciting.

Well, I thought it would be exciting until I read the following on BYU’s Athletics website: TV: None The MWC finally got the mtn in Las Vegas and now they’re not showing some of BYU’s most exciting games of the season. I’m sure there’s some interesting licensing details that make broadcasting it hard, but I wish they’d figure this stuff out. At least hook us up with the rebroadcast on BYU TV.

It’s really too bad that BYU’s playing such amazing opponents during the Christmas break. I’ve been to basketball games at BYU during this time and the Marriott Center is relatively empty for these games. Not to mention the students are missing which has a serious impact on the noise that’s generated. I wonder if this might be part of the reason why the game isn’t being broadcast. BYU wants as many people at the game as possible. Too bad I live too far away or I’d be there at the games. Until then, I’ll have to stick with BYU radio online. It’s not the same, but is better than nothing.

Here’s the schedule of games:

Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006
Oral Roberts (5-6) vs. Seton Hall (7-2) — 5 p.m. MT
BYU (7-4) vs. Liberty (6-4) — 7:30 p.m. MT

Friday, Dec. 29, 2006
Seton Hall vs. Liberty — 5 p.m. MT
BYU vs. Oral Roberts — 7:30 p.m. MT

Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006
Liberty vs. Oral Roberts — 5 p.m. MT
BYU vs. Seton Hall — 7:30 p.m. MT